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Posted by papi on May 31st 2009 in Outdoors
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Video of a recent glissade down the Avalanche Gulch face of Mt. Shasta with my climbing buddy Igor. Mt. Shasta is steep enough and well enough covered with snow, that the descent can be accomplished by just sitting down and sliding on the snow, arresting yourself with an ice-axe or hiking pole when necessary. Conditions are not always this good - when it’s icy, sliding can get dangerous, and when it’s too slushy, it’s hard to pick up speed. But this time everything fell into place, and we had a grand time.

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Posted by papi on May 19th 2009 in Agriculture, Disease, Food & Wine, Journalism, Movies, Politics, Science
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If we are what we eat, then it’s definitely worth watching this movie to figure out what we’re becoming.

Two of the main contributors are Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, both bestselling authors whose recent works have helped cast light on the greasy innards of our food supply machine.

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Posted by papi on January 17th 2009 in History, Politics, USA
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Posted by papi on December 16th 2008 in Science
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I’d heard of some of them before, but some were new to me. Read it and wonder…

http://www.cracked.com/article_16871_6-insane-discoveries-that-science-cant-explain.html

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Posted by papi on December 11th 2008 in Art, Music, youtube
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A lovely little video from Andy Scott.

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Posted by papi on December 10th 2008 in Food & Wine
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I’m preaching to the choir, of course, but there’s some good info here even for the initiated.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/05/travel

Cheers!

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Posted by papi on November 10th 2008 in Language
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Everyone’s beloved VP pick, Sarah “Mooseburger” Palin, joins other luminaries such as Rick Santorum in having her own eponymous entry in the excellent Urban Dictionary.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=palin

Gotta love the English language!

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Posted by papi on July 25th 2008 in Health & Fitness
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Saw this on CNN today:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/top25s/qualitylife/skinniest.html

Almost all the Bay Area counties are featured: Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara. Yet the one place in California most known for its body-image consciousness - Los Angeles - is prominently absent. What gives?

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